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Irving Elson (left) and his Religious Program Specialist Robert Page, the man who saved Elson's life during the Iraq War. (Courtesy)
October 21, 2016, 3:12 pm
Highest-ranking Jewish chaplain in Marines says so long — but not goodbye
Rabbi Irving Elson is retiring from the armed forces, but will continue to serve the troops as the incoming director of the Jewish Welfare Board
By Rich Tenorio
A street scene from a video published by the Islamic State group showing a street in Mosul, Iraq, October 17, 2016. (Militant video, Amaq News Agency via AP)
October 18, 2016, 11:56 pm
As battle for Mosul begins, residents say jihadists increasingly brutal
Civilians in IS stronghold afraid to venture into streets as remaining fighters, paranoid and violent, kill anyone they suspect of spying
By Sinan Salaheddin and Joseph Krauss
A Kurdish peshmerga convoy drives towards the front line in Khazer, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo)
October 18, 2016, 3:43 am
Mosul is more than a potentially climactic military battle
Battle for Islamic State’s largest foothold in Iraq tests Obama administration’s strategy of relying on local forces
By Robert Burns
A Turkish army tank stationed near the Syrian border, in Suruc, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. (AP Photo)
September 4, 2016, 10:15 pm
Turkey says IS has lost all territory along its Syria border
Islamic group now surrounded by hostile forces; supply lines used to bring in recruits and supplies severed
By Bassem Mroue and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Islamic State's bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria, on June 23, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
August 13, 2016, 1:14 pm
IS frees hundreds of abducted civilians in north Syria
Meanwhile, as Iraqi forces make significant gains across country, locals struggle to rebuild cities shattered by jihadists
By Agencies
Members of Iraqi police forces celebrate on a street on June 27, 2016 in western Fallujah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the Iraqi capital Baghdad, after Iraqi forces retook the embattled city from the Islamic State group. (AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI)
July 10, 2016, 5:13 pm
Islamic State ‘caliphate’ said to shrink a further 12% in 2016
In 18 months, jihadist group has lost a quarter of its territory in Iraq and Syria, British think tank says
By AFP
Iraqi government forces are seen near the Falahat village west of Fallujah on June 27, 2016. (AFP/Moadh al-Dulaimi)
July 9, 2016, 9:12 pm
Iraqi army seizes key airbase from IS south of Mosul
PM hails re-capture of Qayyarah as launch pad for retaking jihadi-held city
By AFP
Illustrative. Iraqis react at the site of a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group on July 3, 2016 in Baghdad's central Karrada district. (AFP/SABAH ARAR)
July 3, 2016, 11:51 am
Over 80 killed in twin Islamic State bombings in Baghdad
Blast targets busy shopping center in Karada, killing 78 and wounding scores; second bombing in Iraqi capital kills at least 5 more
By MURTADA FARAJ
Citizens inspect the scene after a bomb explosion at outdoor market in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Shaab, Iraq, May 17, 2016. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)
July 3, 2016, 5:17 am
Officials: Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 23
Islamic State claims attack, which rocks crowded commercial district popular with young people and families during Ramadan
By AP
Citizens inspect the scene after a bomb explosion at outdoor market in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Shaab, Iraq, May 17, 2016. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)
July 3, 2016, 2:47 am
Officials: Bombing in central Baghdad kills at least 18
Attack rocks crowded commercial district popular with young people and families during Ramadan; 45 wounded
By AP
A member of the Iraqi government forces stands next to the charred vehicles on a road southwest of Fallujah after Iraqi forces airstrikes destroyed 260 vehicles carrying militants from the Islamic State group trying to flee after their defeat in Fallujah, June 29, 2016. (AFP/MOADH AL-DULAIMI)
June 30, 2016, 6:39 pm
Iraq says IS, fleeing Fallujah, ripped apart by airstrikes
Helicopters kill over 150 jihadists and destroy 260 vehicles, Baghdad says
By Ammar Karim
A still image from video of Iraqi troops carrying Iraqi flags on their vehicles after a senior Iraqi commander declared that the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from Islamic State group militants, in Fallujah, Iraq, June 26, 2016. (AP Video via AP)
June 26, 2016, 4:21 pm
Iraqi commander: Fallujah ‘liberated’ from Islamic State
UN Refugee Agency says fighting has driven 85,000 people from their homes in the area in the past month
By AP
Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces inspect documents in a building formerly used as a home-made bomb making factory by Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northern Shurta neighbourhood of Fallujah as they patrol the city clearing roadside bombs and booby-traps on June 23, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI)
June 25, 2016, 11:47 pm
Iraq screening 20,000 to stop IS infiltrators
Army seeking to prevent jihadists from escaping among thousands of civilians displaced in recapture of Fallujah
By AFP
Iraqi government forces clash with Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Fallujah on June 18, 2016 as they hunt down holdout jihadists after retaking the city which was IS's last remaining major hub in Iraq. (AFP/STRINGER)
June 23, 2016, 9:59 am
Islamic State fighters push back after string of defeats
In Iraq, Syria and Libya, jihadist group holds ground, and makes some gains, as internationally backed forces attempt to flush it out
By AP
Iraqi government forces patrol the center of the city of Fallujah on June 18, 2016 as they hunt down holdout jihadists after retaking the Islamic State (IS) group's last remaining major hub in Iraq. (Stringer/AFP)
June 19, 2016, 5:18 am
Iraq forces hunt IS in Fallujah and eye Mosul
Aid groups fear humanitarian crisis as anti-IS coalition advances, Kurdish forces launch push from Mosul’s south
By Khalil al-Murshidi and Marwan Ibrahim
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